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Keystone Movie Cast
This is what can happen at five a.m. when I haven't been able to sleep all night. I created a movie cast for Keystone. Why not?
So. *Rubs hands together.*
Charlie - Allison Scagliotti, (Claudia on Warehouse 13) because, well, I think she'd play Charlie perfectly. (Charlie in squirrel form would be played by a trained squirrel - no CGI thank you.)
Rhys - Luke Goss, (Hellboy II, Blade II). He's played both an elf and a vampire (not at the same time), plus he would look old enough to play Rhys with age makeup, and then also be able to look younger.
Jack - Michael Shanks. Do I need to explain this one?
Tom and Lallia - I originally thought David Tennant and Billie Piper, because Tom and Lallia are actually named for Tom Baker and Lalla Ward from the classic Doctor Who series, but then I realized that David Tennant and Billie Piper would actually be perfect for a different pair from Kingstone (Shh! Spoilers!). So, for Tom and Lallia the pixies, Kate Winslet (because I think she would have fun playing Lallia) and Rupert Everett as Tom (After all, he played Oberon in glitter; can't you see him in turquoise hair?) (Yes, both pairs technically look older than Tom and Lallia are supposed to, but I'm considering an acting perspective, not completely looks.)
Princess Maelyn - Katie McGrath (Morgana from Merlin). Princess princess princess princess. She would be AMAZING as Maelyn, especially with the range of character she's showed as Morgana.
Taryn - There are several actresses who could pull of Taryn and put their own twist on the character. Keira Knightly would be fun, or Naomie Harris maybe. Actually, Penelope Cruz might be entertaining in blue facepaint. (Somehow these all ended up Pirates of the Caribbean actresses.)
Gwynne - Flexible, mostly because young actors grow up so fast. Daniel Huttlestone would fit.
Taliesin - Anthony Stewart Head. Again, need I explain?
Edouard - Liam Hemsworth. His role is pretty simple.
Isil - Allison Harvard, for her distinctive eyes. O.O
The Guardian - BWAHAHAHAAAA! Spoilers!
The Mara - This part actually would be more than one actress, with her face morphing. I think it would be funny to use Joanne Kelly, Genelle Williams, and Jaime Murray (the other Warehouse 13 ladies).
The Blood Prince - Duhn duhn duhn! I couldn't decide this one, actually. He would be spending most of the time in a mask, so the actor would have to act without eyes. This would take some real acting skill, I'm thinking. Nobody is really standing out and waving their arms, begging for the part. Huh.
What do you think?
Edit: I thought of a better Tom! Tom Hiddleston. He has the right facial shape, obviously wouldn't have trouble playing a trickster, and would be adorable in turquoise hair. I'm still keeping Kate Winslet as Lallia.
So. *Rubs hands together.*
Charlie - Allison Scagliotti, (Claudia on Warehouse 13) because, well, I think she'd play Charlie perfectly. (Charlie in squirrel form would be played by a trained squirrel - no CGI thank you.)
Rhys - Luke Goss, (Hellboy II, Blade II). He's played both an elf and a vampire (not at the same time), plus he would look old enough to play Rhys with age makeup, and then also be able to look younger.
Jack - Michael Shanks. Do I need to explain this one?
Tom and Lallia - I originally thought David Tennant and Billie Piper, because Tom and Lallia are actually named for Tom Baker and Lalla Ward from the classic Doctor Who series, but then I realized that David Tennant and Billie Piper would actually be perfect for a different pair from Kingstone (Shh! Spoilers!). So, for Tom and Lallia the pixies, Kate Winslet (because I think she would have fun playing Lallia) and Rupert Everett as Tom (After all, he played Oberon in glitter; can't you see him in turquoise hair?) (Yes, both pairs technically look older than Tom and Lallia are supposed to, but I'm considering an acting perspective, not completely looks.)
Princess Maelyn - Katie McGrath (Morgana from Merlin). Princess princess princess princess. She would be AMAZING as Maelyn, especially with the range of character she's showed as Morgana.
Taryn - There are several actresses who could pull of Taryn and put their own twist on the character. Keira Knightly would be fun, or Naomie Harris maybe. Actually, Penelope Cruz might be entertaining in blue facepaint. (Somehow these all ended up Pirates of the Caribbean actresses.)
Gwynne - Flexible, mostly because young actors grow up so fast. Daniel Huttlestone would fit.
Taliesin - Anthony Stewart Head. Again, need I explain?
Edouard - Liam Hemsworth. His role is pretty simple.
Isil - Allison Harvard, for her distinctive eyes. O.O
The Guardian - BWAHAHAHAAAA! Spoilers!
The Mara - This part actually would be more than one actress, with her face morphing. I think it would be funny to use Joanne Kelly, Genelle Williams, and Jaime Murray (the other Warehouse 13 ladies).
The Blood Prince - Duhn duhn duhn! I couldn't decide this one, actually. He would be spending most of the time in a mask, so the actor would have to act without eyes. This would take some real acting skill, I'm thinking. Nobody is really standing out and waving their arms, begging for the part. Huh.
What do you think?
Edit: I thought of a better Tom! Tom Hiddleston. He has the right facial shape, obviously wouldn't have trouble playing a trickster, and would be adorable in turquoise hair. I'm still keeping Kate Winslet as Lallia.
Apples and Onions
I’ve just released my third short story ebook, and I’ve always thought it was cool when authors tell a little bit about the background behind their stories, so here’s a little bit about this latest tale: Apples and Onions.
It’s a fairy tale retelling (also among my long-time favorite things) of a story that’s a bit off the beaten path: The Lindorm King, or King Lindorm. A Lindorm is a type of dragon, which no one seems to be able to agree on a description for besides being long and thin. I stumbled across the fairy tale in school the year my science fair project was classifying types of dragons. Yes, my teacher let me get away with it.
Being a lover of fairy tales and especially thrilled because this one was new to me, I wanted to write my own version and even typed a few lines, but it didn’t go anywhere. The file sat untouched in my “fiction” folder through several computer transfers. Then, last year in the middle of revising Keystone, I flipped a page in my notebook and started scribbling Apples and Onions. It was one of those few, fantastic times when the story poured itself onto the page in its entirety in only two sittings. I scrapped the old lines entirely (poor things).
Then, recently I was going through notebooks hunting for Kingstone snippets (somehow almost anything I’m working on ends up spread out through tons of notebooks as I lose track of them or don’t have them when I want them) and came across it again. Obviously it needed a little cleaning up, but as a whole I was very pleased with how it came out, especially the dragon himself.
Now it's polished up and published with a pretty new cover image. ^_^
You can currently find the story in these places:
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FN677HU
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
My own Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/16475184...
It should also be available through other retailers soon.
It’s a fairy tale retelling (also among my long-time favorite things) of a story that’s a bit off the beaten path: The Lindorm King, or King Lindorm. A Lindorm is a type of dragon, which no one seems to be able to agree on a description for besides being long and thin. I stumbled across the fairy tale in school the year my science fair project was classifying types of dragons. Yes, my teacher let me get away with it.
Being a lover of fairy tales and especially thrilled because this one was new to me, I wanted to write my own version and even typed a few lines, but it didn’t go anywhere. The file sat untouched in my “fiction” folder through several computer transfers. Then, last year in the middle of revising Keystone, I flipped a page in my notebook and started scribbling Apples and Onions. It was one of those few, fantastic times when the story poured itself onto the page in its entirety in only two sittings. I scrapped the old lines entirely (poor things).
Then, recently I was going through notebooks hunting for Kingstone snippets (somehow almost anything I’m working on ends up spread out through tons of notebooks as I lose track of them or don’t have them when I want them) and came across it again. Obviously it needed a little cleaning up, but as a whole I was very pleased with how it came out, especially the dragon himself.
Now it's polished up and published with a pretty new cover image. ^_^
You can currently find the story in these places:
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FN677HU
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
My own Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/16475184...
It should also be available through other retailers soon.
Sometimes the Magic Works
It's funny how October 31st is still one of my favorite days of the year, but not for entirely the same reasons. The costume and candy anticipation has turned to character and plot anticipation. Don't get me wrong, costumes and candy are still the highlights of Halloween, but on the stroke of midnight, like a reverse Cinderella's carriage, All Hallows Eve becomes Day One of National Novel Writing Month.
Magic hour.
I looked back over my past Nanowrimo books and realized this will be my tenth November Nanowrimo project (don't ask me how that math works out; nine years but ten books). It makes my plans all the more fitting.
Way back in 2004 when I discovered the madness that is Nano, I had two weeks to decide and plan my project. At that time my friends and I were very active role players and any given free time that found a handful of us together resulted in random "moshes," in which each of us picked a character and someone picked a setting. With nothing more than that we built amazing stories together.
One stormy evening found a few of us with nothing to do, so we decided that we were in the common room of an inn on a stormy night. Instead of picking from my regular stable of characters, I decided to pull out a concept that had been fluttering in the back of my mind since high school. She was a traveling piper named Nakkita, and she had a secret: she was a runaway kidnapped princess. I just didn't know what to do with her.
I couldn't have known that her story wouldn't be complete without Kharduval August, the loyal knight, or Latasha Gildersleeve, the werewolf Moonsinger. I stole them (with permission from Nee-chan and Tree) and the seeds of Peasant Queen were planted.
I wrote the manuscript in a flurry of handwritten and typed pages, sliding under the wire on November 30th to score my first win. Needless to say it was thoroughly addicting even though my next two Nano novels barely made it off the ground.
To this day I consider Peasant Queen and Masquerade to be my best Nanowrimo novels. Peasant Queen was also the only time that I've written an actual ending during Nanowrimo. However, the manuscript had one fatal flaw. It had no middle. Right around the end of week three I skipped over half the guts and glory of the whole ordeal and went straight to the lead-up of the climax.
So this year for my tenth Nanowrimo project I'm dusting off Peasant Queen and rewriting it from stem to stern, guts and all. And I'm posting it all on Smashwords as I go.
It's going to be mayhem. Hopefully the good kind.
My Facebook author page is up and as mentioned before I'll be posting there when manuscript updates are live. I'll also be putting up my working map, portraits of characters, some settings and whatever other goodies I come up with as things go. You can find the page here: https://www.facebook.com/amandalfrede...
I hope you join me!
(Writing for Nanowrimo? Write with me! Add me as a writing buddy here: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/sar...)
Magic hour.
I looked back over my past Nanowrimo books and realized this will be my tenth November Nanowrimo project (don't ask me how that math works out; nine years but ten books). It makes my plans all the more fitting.
Way back in 2004 when I discovered the madness that is Nano, I had two weeks to decide and plan my project. At that time my friends and I were very active role players and any given free time that found a handful of us together resulted in random "moshes," in which each of us picked a character and someone picked a setting. With nothing more than that we built amazing stories together.
One stormy evening found a few of us with nothing to do, so we decided that we were in the common room of an inn on a stormy night. Instead of picking from my regular stable of characters, I decided to pull out a concept that had been fluttering in the back of my mind since high school. She was a traveling piper named Nakkita, and she had a secret: she was a runaway kidnapped princess. I just didn't know what to do with her.
I couldn't have known that her story wouldn't be complete without Kharduval August, the loyal knight, or Latasha Gildersleeve, the werewolf Moonsinger. I stole them (with permission from Nee-chan and Tree) and the seeds of Peasant Queen were planted.
I wrote the manuscript in a flurry of handwritten and typed pages, sliding under the wire on November 30th to score my first win. Needless to say it was thoroughly addicting even though my next two Nano novels barely made it off the ground.
To this day I consider Peasant Queen and Masquerade to be my best Nanowrimo novels. Peasant Queen was also the only time that I've written an actual ending during Nanowrimo. However, the manuscript had one fatal flaw. It had no middle. Right around the end of week three I skipped over half the guts and glory of the whole ordeal and went straight to the lead-up of the climax.
So this year for my tenth Nanowrimo project I'm dusting off Peasant Queen and rewriting it from stem to stern, guts and all. And I'm posting it all on Smashwords as I go.
It's going to be mayhem. Hopefully the good kind.
My Facebook author page is up and as mentioned before I'll be posting there when manuscript updates are live. I'll also be putting up my working map, portraits of characters, some settings and whatever other goodies I come up with as things go. You can find the page here: https://www.facebook.com/amandalfrede...
I hope you join me!
(Writing for Nanowrimo? Write with me! Add me as a writing buddy here: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/sar...)
